*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Renee Flanders took the first house she ever chose on her own, photographed on Wednesday, April 9, 2025, and transformed it ...

All mollusks build their own shells, whether they live in water or on land. Creatures like snails, clams, oysters and mussels use an organ called a mantle to secrete layers of calcium carbonate ...

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